Reasonable Expectations of Privacy? by Nouwt, Sjaak; de Vries, Berend R.; Prins, Corien;

Long description:

In 1967, Justice John Marshall Harlan introduced the litmus test of ‘a reasonable expectation of privacy’ in his concurring opinion in the US Supreme Court case of Katz v. United States. Privacy, regulations to protect privacy, and data protection have been legal and social issues in many Western countries for a number of decades. However, recent measures to combat terrorism, to fight crime, and to increase security, together with the growing social acceptance of privacy-invasive technologies can be considered a serious threat to the fundamental right to privacy. What is the purport of ‘reasonable expectations of privacy’?

Reasonable expectations of privacy and the reality of data protection is the title of a research project being carried out by TILT, the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society at Tilburg University, The Netherlands. The project is aimed at developing an international research network of privacy experts (professionals, academics, policymakers) and to carry out research on the practice, meaning, and legal performance of privacy and data protection in an international perspective.

Part of the research project was to analyse the concept of privacy and the reality of data protection in case law, with video surveillance and workplace privacy as two focal points. The eleven country reports regarding case law on video surveillance and workplace privacy are the core of the present book. The conclusions drawn by the editors are intended to trigger and stimulate an international debate on the use and possible drawbacks of the ‘reasonable expectations of privacy’ concept.

The editors are all affiliated to TILT – Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

This is Volume 7 in the Information Technology and Law (IT&Law) Series

Table of Contents:

A General Survey of Video Surveillance Law In The United States.- Privacy and Data Protection In The Workplace: The Us Case.- Video Surveillance and Privacy Protection Law In Canada.- Switching off The Surveillance Society? Legal Regulation of Cctv In The United Kingdom.- Camera Surveillance In The Netherlands.- Privacy and Data Protection In The Workplace: The Netherlands.- Camera Surveillance and Workplace Privacy In Belgium.- Privacy and Data Protection at The Workplace In Germany.- Privacy and Data Protection at The Workplace In Hungary.- Personal Data Protection In The Workplace In Italy.- Video Surveillance and Related Privacy and Data Protection Issues: The Italian Experience.- Analysis of The Country Reports.